![]() ![]() There are more small SUVs out there than you can shake a stick at, and virtually all of them offer the higher seating position that makes getting in and out easier than a sedan. ![]() Consider the Turbo if you want more get-up-and-go, though it won’t help with the gas mileage. In short: Great city car not much of a highway cruiser. On a recent drive into the Allegheny mountains (and into a stiff headwind), the continuouslyvariable transmission kept the 2.0-liter engine buzzing hard to keep pace. The Soul’s fuel economy isn’t awful, but it lags many small SUVs. One downside of that boxy shape: poor aerodynamics. The Soul’s windshield is a big bay window positioned high and far forward of the driver-you won’t have to scooch forward to see a stoplight overhead. The blocky styling translates to a vehicle that’s easy to get in and easy to see out of, if not necessarily easy on the eyes (as the story goes, the Soul’s designer was aiming to evoke a “boar with a backpack”). ![]() The Kia Soul wasn’t the first “box on wheels” from Asian carmakers (you might remember the Nissan Cube and the Scion xB), but it’s the one that’s still on the market.
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